The main purpose of the Fostering Civic Engagement at Sub-National Level (FOCE) Baseline Survey (the survey) was to assess the current level of awareness and satisfaction of citizens with their local governments and to provide a baseline data and pre-term basis to evaluate the impact of the FOCE program activities. The following objectives were set as part of the survey:

To document civic awareness at the selected project sites by assessing citizens’ level of knowledge regarding the sub-national government ;

To determine civic participation level by analyzing the citizens’ experience, approaches and preferences with the local government and CSOs/NGOs;

To perform customer satisfaction of citizens’ regarding the local government decision making and community; and

To provide recommendations for measuring the results indicators within the scope of the FOCE program.

An experimental design with a subsequent test, developed for two separate survey groups – treatment and control- is employed in the survey.Treatment group comprises of respondents from Delgertsogt (Dundgobi), Erdenetsagaan (Sukhbaatar), Taskhir (Arkhangai), Khovd City (Khovd), Tuv (Zuun mod) and Khan-Uul district 1 khoroo (Ulaanbaatar) and control groups from Deren (Dundgovi) soum and Sukhbaatar district 5 th khoroo. The survey was designed to collect data that will help offer objective comparisons between these two groups, and to identify the current level of awareness and satisfaction of citizen.

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Qualitative methods were used in the survey such as semi-structured interviews with local government officials and local civil society organizations (CSOs) and s unofficial leaders. Semi-structured interview with officials and CSOs/leaders will focus on determining what participatory activities have already taken place in the site and explore their impressions regarding the capacity of local CSOs and quality of participatory activities.

A randomized survey of general populations/citizens was conducted at survey sites. In this respect, questionnaires (structured interview) were administered from citizens. The questionnaire contained questions about socio-demographic information, current knowledge and awareness, civic participation and customer satisfaction.

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